<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Lady Shakespeare’s
Ophelia, to the Rainbow Bridge. March 15 2003 to April 9, 2013</div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Today at 12:30 PM Ophelia left for the Rainbow Bridge. I can’t believe I’m writing these words.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nine months ago, Ophelia was diagnosed with anal
cancer. She was doing well until last
week, then things went bad.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal"> Ophelia
was a Mother’s Day gift for me. I chose
her from a litter of mostly red and white basset puppies. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal"> She was
our first female basset. I don’t know if
that is the reason she was full of attitude, or if it’s a female basset hound
thing. She was a true princess. Woe to any who did not respond to her demands
and quickly. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal"> We will miss her very much. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal"> Fly
pain-free my princess. You will never be forgotten. </div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Barbara M Hodges<br>http://barbaramhodges.com<br><br style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Blue Flame</span><br><b><font size="4">Five books from Long and Short Reviews. </font></b></div><div><b><font size="4">Reviewed by Geranium</font></b></div><div> </div><div> "I highly recommend this lively, well-written fantasy, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next volume in the series, which, unfortunately from my point of view, won't be out until February, 2012. " </div><div style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif';"> </div><br></div></body></html>